A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa
Subtitle: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
By: by Stephen Spawls ... [et al.].
Contributors: Spawls, Stephen, 1953-
Series: AP natural world
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
Subjects: Reptiles -- Africa, East.; Reptiles -- Africa, East -- Identification.
Genres: Identification.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS; title: List of Maps and Line Drawings 7; title: Preface 8; title: Sources and Acknowledgements 9; title: Further Reading on East African Reptiles 11; title: How to Use this Book 13; title: Reptiles in the East African Environment 14; title: The Zoogeography of the East African Reptile Fauna 16; title: Observing and Collecting Reptiles 20; title: Reptile Conservation, the Role of National Parks and Museums 23; title: Identifying Reptiles 25; title: Common Names 27; title: Photographing Reptiles 28; title: Notes on the Husbandry of East African Reptiles 29; title: What are Reptiles? 30; title: SPECIES ACCOUNTS; title: CHELONIANS 34; title: LIZARDS 66; title: WORM LIZARDS 256; title: CROCODILES 268; title: SNAKES 278; title: Reptile Biology Illustrations 497; title: Reptile Habitat Illustrations 500; title: APPENDICES; title: Notes on Snakebite 504; title: Local Names 512; title: Gazetteer 515; title: Glossary 528; title: References 534; title: Scientific Index 535; title: Common Name Index 539.